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Bertha Madras | Professor of Psychobiology, Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Boston USA
She was Deputy Director for Demand Reduction in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP, 2006-2008). Her current research focuses on drug effects in the developing adolescent brain. She is author of over 130 scientific manuscripts, co-editor of “The Cell Biology of Addiction”.Giovanni Serpelloni | Head of Department for Anti-drug policies of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Italy
Responsible for implementing over 200 projects in the field of prevention, treatment, neuroscience research, management and outcomes evaluation.Gregor Burkhart | MD in medical anthropology
José Mariano Beninca Beltrami | Secretary of State Security of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Responsible for making the favelas of Rio free from drug trafficking.Kiran Bedi | PhD
Bedi has been India’s highest woman ranking officer in the Police Service. She is the founder of two NGOs, Navjyoti and India Vision Foundation, which reach out to thousands of children, women and men in the areas of education, vocational skills, environment, counseling, and health care to the urban and rural poor. Kiran Bedi has been voted as India's most admired and most trusted woman in India.Neil McKeganey | PhD
McKeganey is a sociologist by training and has carried out research in a wide range of topics related to drugs misuse including undertaking work on pre-teen drug use, on the link between drugs and crime, on the effectiveness of drug enforcement activities, on the effectiveness of drug treatment services and on the impact of drugs policy.Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg | Secretary of Health in Mexico
He holds a B.A. and M.A. in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and an M.A. in Public Policy from Harvard University. At the state level, he served as Coordinator of the Social Cabinet in the state of Michoacán for five years. In this capacity, he was responsible for the design and implementation of health, education and social development programs.
His social commitment led him to work in public policies in the Secretariat of Social Development (SEDESOL). He served as Director General of Diconsa from December 2006 to March 2009. Under his administration, the firm’s finances were put back on a sound footing, its management was modernized and the social network within which it operates was strengthened.
In March 2009, he assumed the post of National Commissioner for Social Protection (Popular Insurance scheme), where he has managed to affiliated over 49 million Mexicans, which will guarantee universal health coverage. He also incorporated a prevention strategy called Safe Consultation to respond to the population’s demographic and epidemiological changes and make the Popular Insurance scheme sustainable over time.
She was Deputy Director for Demand Reduction in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP, 2006-2008). Her current research focuses on drug effects in the developing adolescent brain. She is author of over 130 scientific manuscripts, co-editor of “The Cell Biology of Addiction”.Responsible for implementing over 200 projects in the field of prevention, treatment, neuroscience research, management and outcomes evaluation.Information about this speaker is coming soon!
Responsible for making the favelas of Rio free from drug trafficking.Bedi has been India’s highest woman ranking officer in the Police Service. She is the founder of two NGOs, Navjyoti and India Vision Foundation, which reach out to thousands of children, women and men in the areas of education, vocational skills, environment, counseling, and health care to the urban and rural poor. Kiran Bedi has been voted as India's most admired and most trusted woman in India.McKeganey is a sociologist by training and has carried out research in a wide range of topics related to drugs misuse including undertaking work on pre-teen drug use, on the link between drugs and crime, on the effectiveness of drug enforcement activities, on the effectiveness of drug treatment services and on the impact of drugs policy.He holds a B.A. and M.A. in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and an M.A. in Public Policy from Harvard University. At the state level, he served as Coordinator of the Social Cabinet in the state of Michoacán for five years. In this capacity, he was responsible for the design and implementation of health, education and social development programs. His social commitment led him to work in public policies in the Secretariat of Social Development (SEDESOL). He served as Director General of Diconsa from December 2006 to March 2009. Under his administration, the firm’s finances were put back on a sound footing, its management was modernized and the social network within which it operates was strengthened.
In March 2009, he assumed the post of National Commissioner for Social Protection (Popular Insurance scheme), where he has managed to affiliated over 49 million Mexicans, which will guarantee universal health coverage. He also incorporated a prevention strategy called Safe Consultation to respond to the population’s demographic and epidemiological changes and make the Popular Insurance scheme sustainable over time.